Aegean Drums

Organic Mediterranean percussion for modern scoring, trailers, games, and electronic music.

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Aegean Drums brings the raw and organic sound of Mediterranean hand percussion into modern production. Built from human performances by world percussionist Stefanos Athinaios, the library features bendir, daf, darbuka, davul, and riq, captured with multiple articulations, dynamic layers, and round robins for a natural playing experience.

Rooted in traditional percussion but designed for contemporary use, Aegean Drums moves from intimate ritual rhythms and fast darbuka patterns to cinematic pulses, trailer hits, dark textures, swells, tails, and processed FX.

Whether you are scoring a film, building trailer percussion, adding organic movement to game music, or creating rhythmic layers for electronic tracks, Aegean Drums offers a flexible Mediterranean percussion toolkit inside Raizes Player.

Features

• 5 Mediterranean Instruments: Bendir, daf, darbuka, davul, and riq recorded as playable percussion sources.
• 85 Curated Presets: Includes full kits, hybrid kits, pitched percussion, trailer hits, dark pulses, swells, tails, and FX.
• 123 MIDI Files Included: Cinematic, trailer, game, ritual, electronic, house, and traditional rhythm categories.
• Natural Repeated Hits: 3 velocity layers with 3 round robins per velocity for organic variation.
• Detailed Articulations: Includes dums, teks, slaps, trills, jingles, mutes, wood hits, and more.
• Modern Organic Tone: Recorded with dynamic and stereo condenser microphones for close punch and wider organic character.
• Performed by Stefanos Athinaios: A world percussionist from Athens, Greece, and Berklee graduate, bringing Middle-Eastern, Balkan, Mediterranean, ethnic, jazz-fusion, and world music influences.
• Built for Raizes: Runs inside the free Raizes Player as a VST3, AU, AAX, or Standalone instrument.